sydney. john: washington is a swamp because insiders use their clout to rig the system. >> i need a bailout. john: those who want to compete with the actual entrepreneur said they get politicians to ban competition. but even entrepreneurs get handouts. $500 million from the government from tesla and 500 million for spacex. fortunately there are people fighting against the cronies. >> drain the swamp. john: will present a swamp drained the swamp and fight the cronies? that's our show, tonight. >> and now, john stossel. john: when donald trump talks about the swamp of washington is talking about self-dealing between washington insiders and the politically connected. that comes in many forms. the optic high wall street movement was angry because as they see it wa enables corporate greed. [chanting] corporate greed has got to go. john: corporate welfare, that's a different point those protesters have a lot of silly ideas but they are right to complain about welfare for corporations. after the housing bubble bursts, banks got real doubts with your money. they paid it back but it might no

seattle. washington will win its first conference title since 2000 and they hope more hardware is headed their way. jake browning hasn't had his best tonight. thankfully for him the o line and the ground game was. short kick taken by one of the young men to the 25. now for colorado's case, they still hope for a rose bowl assuming washington gets into the playoffs. the rose bowl would take the next highest team. >> brady: we'll have to wait and see how the rankings come out sunday night, i believe. at that point in time the hard thing is you look at usc, they have three losses, looking at colorado with three losses. all of a sudden start comparing them. head-to-head play is where it might be the deciding factor. they would pick usc over colorado. >> joe: liufau incomplete behind ross and they said it was a backwards pass and so a loss. a nightmarish evening for liufau who has been such a key part of this turnaround but he is 2 of 12 for 16 yards and three picks. >> brady: five games this season of 50 yards rushing. that puts him with lamarr those three have had that sort of product

we have a lot of successes there. i can bring that same fight to washington to try to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country in the state. it needs good representation and we're ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fight's you were talking about in washington? was influenced by my family, my father, a korean war veteran and self-made businessman. i spent a little time in law school as an intern with congressman ortiz from the south texas district 27 at the time. these were all positive influences in my life to make me take this plunge. >> what about that internship? i had a loty young, of fun. i think that is one of the things internships should always keep in mind and learn the legislative process. i was in law school at the time so it was a great complement to my legal career. it was my first time in washington, actually. i was 26 years old, that was a long time ago. .t was a great experience i always recommend that to folks that want to learn about government it is a great

identifying the victim as a 41-year-old man. we'll have more details later on good morning washington.. happening now. wildfires in tennessee. fire crews are getting a better handle on the flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. meanwhile-- the death toll is climbing. the death toll stands at seven since the fires started sunday night. at least 157 people the area aided their efforts wednesday night. gatlinburg city leaders say more gatlinburg city leaders say more than 400 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. thousands are living in emergency shelters and several people have been reported missing. in tennessee -- and in alabama -- people are cleaning up from deadly tornadoes. blamed for five deaths. several teens were hurt when winds flattened a closed daycare center they were using for shelter. the threat continues as the line of severe weather continues to move east. today, president-elect donald trump kicking off a "thank you" tour today following his white house win. this, as we learn more about finalists for key positions in his new administration, and

--hington dc, washington topics you d.c., think washington needs to pay .ttention to, urban voters only if you live in the eastern and central time zones, (202) 748-8000 and if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. if you want to post on twitter do so, and you can also post on our facebook page. how do you define urban area? the folks of the senses department gives us some guidelines. censuses bureau -- bureau gives us some guidelines. least --2500 and at and 50,000 people. frommessage to washington urban voters. abc news took a look at exit polls and asked specifically urban areas about issues they are concerned about. here is some of what they found from those preliminary exit interviews. about 20% say they were worse off financially than 2012. those in the suburbs in comparison. 57% of urban voters say they rate the economy negatively compared to 63% of suburban voters. 57-37respondents went percent for clinton and suburban respondents were 44-49%. when it comes to the election and how people voted, when you get to those areas of larger from 280,000 to

. >> hello. how are you? thank you. [indiscernible] "washington journal" live every day. coming up sunday morning, news media alliance president and ceo david shattering on what the media industry could look like under the trumpet administration -- donald trump administration. yes it talks about how the media can help stop the spread of fake news. j b vance discusses his book. it is a memoir of a family and a culture in crisis. details of the struggles of the white working class. a new york times washington correspondent takes a closer look at russia's cyber hacking efforts during the presidential campaign. journal,"washington live, beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> i do think you can learn from failure. i think that if the next president wants to aspire to be like somebody, they probably want to aspire to be washington or lincoln. you cannot re-create the country, and you cannot have the civil war. what do you do next? you aspire to be james monroe? i don't know. you can aspire not to be james buchanan. q&a,nday night, onto robert strauss talks

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, people from outside of washington? how many do we have? good representation of that. i am from boston. for me to speak in this esteemed theater, this building, is like somebody taking batting practice are playing at fenway park. it is a real shrine. fabulous place a to be. i'm thrilled to be here. for you folks who could be doing many, many other things in this rate city, hundreds of other things, i appreciate you being here. this book for me has been a real labor of love. it is on one level a story of how the declaration of independence, the constitution, the gettysburg address were moved out of washington by the library of congress, where they were at a time. in the aftermath of pearl harbor, and they were moved for safety reasons, fear of sabotage and bombs, etc., destroying these priceless documents. those three documents, along with a few others moved to fort knox, kentucky for safekeeping, they began what would become the largest relocation of american documents in history for safekeeping. thousands of others would get moved to other locations during the second world war for saf

in the washington metropolitan region where the metro system is a huge crisis. i used to ride the metro when i was a kid to look around and it opened new world for me and today, it cannot get me to capitol hill on time. i was late for my first set of meetings. in americannvest infrastructure and we can have a real conversation about that across party lines and geographic lines. it is something that can unify the country. it is something we can make progress on. >> where did you grow up and what influence did your parents have on who you were -- who you are? rep.-elect raskin: i think i will be the member of congress, the freshman living closest to congress. i live 20 minutes away in takoma park, maryland. i have lived my whole life in maryland or washington. i have offered to give towards to my new colleagues or advise them on schools or where to go in rock creek park. and so on. been a profound influence in my life. my dad worked for president kennedy. he is a political philosopher. he wrote a book. he has been a great progressive thinker and influence on me. dad saids a kid, i t

through the streets of the capital of washington, d.c. up next we'll show you the entire 23-minute silent film with narration provided by two world war i historians. >> welcome to real american on american history tv. 2017-2018 is the centennial of america's involvement in world war i. and there will be undoubtedly lots of discussion about the impact of that war on the world and on american society. as part of that conversation, we are going to show you some vintage films from that era that document america's participation. and to help us understand this, because these are silent films, we've invited two world war i historians to help us narrate the action of the film. mitch yochelson and allison finklestein will be with us to look at a 23-minute film on the arrival of the unknown soldier to america's shores. allison finklestein, as we start here, before we actually see the film, who saw these kinds of films at the time that they were made? were they made for the american public? >> i think in many ways that the films were made to document the events for historians, for the militar

show planned tonight that had honestly nothing to do with this topic but then "the washington post" just dropped this astonishing bombshell within the last hour. now, i'm going to -- if you haven't seen this yet, i'm going to put the headline up on the screen so you can see it. this is one of those stories where the headline is really only a fraction of the news that they just broke here. this is a big deal what "the washington post" just publish. there are really two big deals in it. two bottom lines to this story that they just broke tonight. the first one is what is reflected in the headline. i'm just going to quote the lead directly here. the cia has concluded in a secret assessment that russia intervened in the 2016 election to help donald trump win the presidency rather than just to undermine confidence in the u.s. electoral system. they're citing officials briefed on the matter. quote, intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the russian government who provided wikileaks with thousands of hacked e-mails from the dnc and others including hillary c

here in washington? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: good question. that is on the to-do list along with a number of other things but, you know, it is one of those things where logistics was kind of a last issue i was thinking about us we were approaching election day and now we have the high-class problem on our hand of dealing with all of those issues as well. i do you get help with that from the folks here? from your party? from the staff here in washington for members of congress? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: with regard to housing and so forth? informally. that is not really part of the formal program or orientation program. they are more focused on like, how to be a member of congress and you know, how to vote and where is the capital and all of that stuff. but, we get informal advice here and there regarding this. >> any plans to maybe bunk with another member of congress? rep.-elect. krishnamoorthi: i think i have passed the time of having roommates at this point. i think i am probably a little too, you know, insistent on the way i live. but, i have to think about what are the next

opportunity. >> you are a democrat from washington state. what impact did that experience you had as a young girl have on who you are today? >> a huge impact. it is my i have spent so much time working on immigration reform policy. that is what i have done for the last 15 years. i served in the washington state senate right now. i am the first south asian american woman to be elected to the house of representatives. i think for me, it brings forward so many of the issues that immigrants across this country are facing, certainly in the trump administration we will see a lot of efforts to roll been workinge have towards, but i also think that deep desire of people to have the opportunity that includes the founding values of this country, i feel it so strongly. sometimes i think i feel it more strongly than just the person who is next to me who has had that their entire life. it is an incredible honor. >> why do you think it is that you thrive id in that situation as a young girl? >> i had an incredible family. my parents still live in india. i have never been able to have them in the sam

washington post" just publish. there are really two big deals in it. two bottom lines to this story that they just broke tonight. the first one is what is reflected in the headline. i'm just going to quote the lead directly here. the cia has concluded in a secret assessment that russia intervened in the 2016 election to help donald trump win the presidency rather than just to undermine confidence in the u.s. electoral system. they're citing officials briefed on the matter. quote, intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the russian government who provided wikileaks with thousands of hacked e-mails from the dnc and others including hillary clinton's campaign chairman. according to u.s. officials these individuals are actors known to the intelligence community who are part of a wider russian operation to boost donald trump's chances at winning and hurt hillary clinton's chances. a senior u.s. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to u.s. senators -- stick a pin in this sourcing there for a second -- that person is then quoted saying this -- it i

correspondent in washington, laura bicker, gave me the reaction to these sanctions. laura: this is the strongest action yet by america against a cyber attack on american soil. president obama says he will release the report by the fbi and the department of homeland security, which will show the evidence which he has that this was russia behind this hacking into the democratic party e-mails. all who were following the u.s. presidential election will remember that the hacks revealed embarrassing details by hillary clinton's closest aides written to and from various senior democratic party officials, and they were released on wikileaks. now, it has been the view of the cia that russia was behind us hacking, the cyberattack, and that it was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. president obama back in october warned vladimir putin that there would be repercussions if he was seen to interfere with u.s. democracy. today president obama has come good on that promise. he has decided to act. he says the actions were not just for the cyber hacking but also in retaliation for

the ways and means committee. mcdermott,essman jim democrat of washington state, representing the seventh congressional district for 28 years. why did you decide to retire? rep. mcdermott: well, i have seen a lot of my friends die, and i have seen a lot of my iriends in congress lose, and just decided that there was a time in your life, if there was anything else he wanted to do, i would go do it. in three weeks i will be 80. if i live toelf, 97 -- i do think i will have that long. there are other things i want to do. i'm not retiring, i'm just going to do with the things. host: what are you going to do? rep. mcdermott: i hope to teach. i have an engagement with the university of washington, the school of international affairs. i paint. in the process of writing a book. i have beenr and working away on which direction i'm going to go on a book. there are some places i haven't been. countries in my life that i have never been to portugal. i have only been to barcelona -- i haven't been to barcelona, spain. paris, france. there are a lot of things i want to do. ski. various parts of

. this was the first time a u.s. president has spoken to a taiwanese leader since washington established diplomatic relations with beijing in 1979. over the with the u.s. if it was ok to devalue its currency.. making it hard for american companies to compete. the redskins drop their second game in a row on the road.. and yesterday's loss in arizona--crucial for a team looking to make a case for the playoffs. redskins trailed by four in the third quarter when kirk cousins found jamison crowder for the touchdown. skins take a 20 to 17 lead.. but the defense stop arizona.. they gave up 31 points for the second week in a row. carson palmer's touchdown to j-j nelson would seal the game. cardinals win 31-23. redskins drop to 6-5-1. here is a positive takeaway from sunday.. the players' cleats on the field. this was all part of nfl's my cause my cleats' campaign. players from around the league promoted their charities with special kicks.. pierre garcon, vernon davis, and kirk cousins all participated. many players cleats to support their charities. it's 5 and coming up next on good morning wash

washington including a cvs in southwest where he's linked to an assault and robbery. details on our news 4 app. >> thank you. >>> friends and neighbors of trisha mccauley planned a vigil tonight at 7:00. that vigil will take place at the park at ledroit. it's the same park where mccauley gardened. >>> more breaking news, a woman was struck and killed by the driver of a car this morning. police are roping off 14th street and west columbia heights. a dark-colored suv hit the woman and took off around 6:30 this morning. the woman is a senior citizen and she may have been deaf. we also know she lived less than a block from where this happened near the intersection of 14 ths and ogden street. >>> maryland state police crash in laurel. it happened this morning, chopper 4 there over the scene after it happened around 4:00 in the morning. they say a truck was going northbound on baltimore avenue when it hit and killed a 23-year-old. his name, jonathan swinton of laurel, maryland. this happened as jonathan walked the roadway. police say the driver is cooperating and they do not believe drugs

and other programs online at booktv.org. ..ok. the authority is washington post reporter wesley lowery and again, "the washington post" author of this book "they can't kill us all", ferguson baltimore and a new era in america's racial justice movement. mr. lowery, where did did you get the title for this book? >> the title comes from a sign from a vigil after antonio martin. after the grand jury decision become two years ago now to not charge the officer in ferguson. one of the reasons we stuck with it, we thought it captured the ethos and feeling of so many of the people who had taken to the streets the last few years. there's been a shooting and seemed like it's happening for 's one it wasn't one of the massive nights, but i remember seeing that and just, and making a note in my notebook that day that it captured a lot of the feeling that i'd been seeing and hearing from demonstrators. >> host: what was your experience in ferguson? >> guest: so i got to ferguson two days after michael brown had been killed. at the time i was a national reporter for the post covering politics,

. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing 19th district. why did you decide to run for office? > well, like a lot of americans, i was very frustrated union.e state of the and i thought that washington as just broken and dysfunctional, and not solving facing lems that we're in our country. three children, a 5, 4, and 2-year-old and i wanted to

that washington just broken and dysfunctional and not solving the problems that are facing our country. i have three young kids. ive a five-year-old, three-year-old, and now two creerled. and i wanted to make sure they grew up in a safe strong free america. so i have some experience in serving with president bush and being here. i thought that experience would bode well for my district and afe passion for public service. so the comflation of all those things the timing seemed to be right. i prayed about it and felt like i needed to do my part in service to our country. i'm so honors. >> what were you doing before you won this house seat? >> i was president of a health care innovation company that owns a health system but i didn't run the health system. i was starting and deprowing a telemedicine company in one of the ways we were using telemedicine was to bring specialty care in the population center where i'm from to rural communities through partnerships with community hospitals. >> comblow mentioned george w. bush. talk about your experience working for him. >> great friend.

contrarian view. say, not everybody was an amazing success, not everybody can be like washington and lincoln. the reason why i chose to do this, not why i chose buchanan but why i chose to do this, i think you can learn from failure. if the next president wants to its -- aspire to be like somebody, probably washington or lincoln. you cannot re-create the country and you cannot have the civil war, so what do you do next, aspire to be james monroe? i do not know. what you can do is aspire not to be james buchanan. brian: what number was he? mr. strauss: he was the 15th. brian: before we go any further, where you born? mr. strauss: philadelphia. he was in lancaster. brian: where was the first time he went to his grave or his home? mr. strauss: i did a story for the "philadelphia inquirer" for what you did there at the weekend, part of the amish country. i took my daughter who was in high school, not that long ago, really. she is a senior in college now some 85 years ago. brian: you give a lot of credit to a guy named patrick clark. there is a great quote in here about what he said about james b

. ms. brawner: how do you bring the balance of your life back in washington state, your family, and traveling thousands of miles here to washington, d.c. to the other coast? rep.-elect jayapal: well, we always say we live in the best washington, washington state. i have to say that on camera. but i think that i have done that for quite some time because i worked with the federal government and with congress on immigration reform. this is going to be different. it's going to be every single week. i have an incredibly supportive family. my son is grown so i don't have to worry about that. he's in college. but it's really important for me to go back as much as i possibly can every weekend that i possibly can even if it's a long flight, because to me it is what allows me to stay connected to the district that elected me to make sure that i'm listening to constituents, to make sure that they have an opportunity to know what we're doing. i'm an organizer at heart. organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of co

play. maureen: still ahead at 6:00, the washington capitals flex their artistic muscles at a children hospital. how you can help the good deeds become better. jonathan: plus, the illness that has pediatric i.c.u. wards filled to capacity at hospitals across the area. we will tell you what it is. maureen: what happened on the hours before a d.c. yacht club went up in flames. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: the flames destroyed the clubhouse. and two other buildings at the district yacht club near the washington navy yard. no one was hurt. it came hours after a christmas party on sunday. the flames did not reach the dozens of boats docked on the anacostia river. no wo

district, the washington teachers union is upset with dc mayor muriel bowser and her selection of antwaine wilson as her selection. it voiced its complaint. while the union doesn't necessarily object to wilson, they're upset with the selection process itself. they say under mayor was supposed to consult with the union before making her selection. the union claims that did not happen and leaders say the process was not transparent >> the mayor did not comply with the law in its totality. members of the panel, 17 members, were not aware of the qualifications of any of the candidates. we never met them. we never reviewed their resume. we never interviewed with them. nominee antwan wilson was the first time the members of this panel met the candidate. >> mayor bowser is out of town but a spokesperson issued a statement that said, not only was the mayor compliant with the law, she conducted most inclusive search under mayoral control and possible beyond. we received and solicited the committee's full input in compliance with the law and used it to inform the critical selection for our children'

confirmed 34 tornadoes in seven states. >>> tacoma, washington, is dealing with the third death of a police officer since 1985. late last night officer reynolds jake tieres was killed after responding to a domestic violence call. the suspect was shot and killed standoff. police say the gunman used two children as human shields. s.w.a. officers rescued a 6-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl who were inside the home when the standoff was happening. it's not clear what their relationship was to the suspect. >> we've suffered a great loss and i think the community has suffered a great loss and i don't know how to put that into words. other than to here appreciates the kind thoughts and t to us. >> the children didn't report being injured, but they were taken to the hospital. >>> president-elect donald trump is celebrating jobs today after he announced carrier air won't send more than 1,000 jobs to mexico. p to indiana where carrier is located with vice president-elect mike pension. the president-elect said leave -- mike pence. the president-elecwpt id coanto leave the united states anym wi

series on washington journal. this is an hour. washington journal continues. host: we are joined by tevi troy who spent time in the george bush administration who has released a new book, "shall we take the president?" welcome this morning. let me ask you what was behind the idea of writing about a president and administration's response to disaster? guest: i worked in the bush administration and i'm a presidential historian. i was thinking of writing a book that was a little more policy focused. marrhen i had the idea of ying it with presidential history, how presidents have looked at disaster over time. it was fascinating. the approach has changed since the 19th century did today, when they are expected to roll up their sleeves and get very involved. changehat specifically that? we talked about this in our previous segment. the president has become the comforter in chief aside from all the administrative aide that comes through particularly in a natural disaster. guest: that is the underlying story of the book. i did not know that when i started writing it but it became the story.